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* Some add that it’s preferable to write both the Jewish and secular date or not to write the month as a number but to mention it by name. <ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer Y”D 3:9, Sh”t Vayitzbor Yosef 4:50. Orchot Rabbenu (vol 1 pg 231) quotes the Steipler who holds that quoting the secular months isn’t an issue, whereas counting the secular year is an issue. </ref> | * Some add that it’s preferable to write both the Jewish and secular date or not to write the month as a number but to mention it by name. <ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer Y”D 3:9, Sh”t Vayitzbor Yosef 4:50. Orchot Rabbenu (vol 1 pg 231) quotes the Steipler who holds that quoting the secular months isn’t an issue, whereas counting the secular year is an issue. </ref> | ||
* Lastly, some authorities hold that there’s no prohibition and it’s only a nice idea to write the Jewish date. <Ref>Sh”T Teshuvot Hanhagot C”M 1:830 permits altogether. </ref> | * Lastly, some authorities hold that there’s no prohibition and it’s only a nice idea to write the Jewish date. <Ref>Sh”T Teshuvot Hanhagot C”M 1:830 permits altogether. </ref> | ||
==Related Links== | |||
# http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735743/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Using_the_Secular_Calendar | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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